Silver Coins
| Coin type | Series | Years minted | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three-cent pieces | Silver three-cent | 1851 | The "O" mint mark is to the right of the Roman numeral "III" on the reverse. This was the only year three-cent pieces were struck by a branch mint. This also marks the smallest denomination silver coin minted by any branch mint. | |
| Half dimes | Seated Liberty | 1838–42, 1844, 1848–60 | The 1853 coins were minted in two varieties: one with arrows at the date, and one without them. | |
| Dimes | Seated Liberty | 1838–43, 1845, 1849–60, 1891 | The mint mark is located in the wreath. The Seated Liberty dime of 1838 is said to be the first silver coin minted in New Orleans. | |
| Barber | 1892–1903, 1905–9 | Note the mint mark on the reverse below the wreath. | ||
| Quarters | Seated Liberty | 1840–4, 1847, 1849–60, 1891 | ||
| Barber | 1892–1909 | Most Barber coins from New Orleans and other U.S. mints were widely circulated, which explains why this example is so worn and its details are hard to make out. | ||
| Half dollars | Capped Bust | 1838–9 | The two years that this coin was minted in New Orleans marked the first time in American numismatic history that mint marks appeared on the obverse. After 1840, mint marks would generally be found on the reverse, with the exception of the Lincoln Cents beginning in 1909, until 1968. Coins dated 1838 are exceedingly rare. Coins dated 1839 are somewhat more accessible. | |
| Seated Liberty | 1840–61 | Coins minted on January 25 of 1861 would be the last silver coins minted by the US Government in New Orleans until 1879. Coins minted on the 26th were silver coins minted by the State of Louisiana. Thus, the Seated Liberty Half Dollar would be the last US silver coin minted here until 1879. | ||
| Barber | 1892–1909 | |||
| Dollars | Seated Liberty | 1846, 1850, 1859–60 | ||
| Morgan | 1879–1904 | The most common coin produced by the New Orleans Mint. |
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